DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN INCEPTION.
Someone requested an Ariadne chapter. So here it is!
On the rare times that Arthur did leave to work, Ariadne missed him like crazy. On the up side, she managed to get time with her most valuable treasures. Her children.
When she found out she was pregnant with Samantha, she was terrified. She had no idea how to raise a child, and she didn't know how Arthur would react.
She stared at his motionless form.
"Arthur, please say something."
He looked at her, eyes narrowed. "How long?"
"About a month," she said, pressing down on her stomach with her hand. Arthur stares at her, long enough for her to begin to worry.
"I'm sorry Ariadne," he says. "I know I've put you in a dangerous situation…but…"
"But?"
He looked up at her, eyes intently staring into hers. "But I couldn't give a damn."
Within seconds, they're in each others arms, Arthur kissing her hair, her forehead, her cheeks, any part he could reach. She clung to his neck, exhaling softly.
"I can't believe this," he mumbled. "Thank you."
"Thank you for what?"
He smiled down at her. "For making me something I thought I'd never have the chance to be."
"Mommy! Tell me the rest of the story!"
"Hmm?" Ariadne looked back down to where Thomas was tucked deeply into his fluffy sheets.
"Tell me the rest of the story!" he cried.
"Oh…right." She snuggled up into the sheets next to her son and smiled. "Right. Once upon a time, there was a boy. His name was…"
"Arthur! Like Daddy!"
She smiled. "Ok, Arthur. So Arthur had many friends, but his two best friends were knights in the land of…" She scattered her brain. "Limbo. One of Arthur's friends…Dom…was not allowed to see his children."
"Why?" Thomas asked, sounding genuinely upset.
"Um…" Ariadne paused. "Because he had been kicked out of Limbo for…stealing. But he wanted to see his children so badly, that Arthur and his friend…Eames helped him try to get back into Limbo."
"But they needed a Princess!" The little boy cried out.
Ariadne nodded. "That's right, they needed a Princess. So Dom went to find the perfect Princess for the job."
"Did he find one?"
"Sure he did. Her name was…"
Thomas beamed. "Your name!"
"Ok, Ariadne. So Princess Ariadne helped Prince Arthur and Sir Eames get Dom back to Limbo. King Saito said that he would allow Dom to go home, only if they performed a magic quest."
"Did…did he get home in the end?"
She nodded. "Yep. And Prince Arthur and Princess Ariadne fell in love and had lots of babies."
Ariadne watched as Thomas scrunched his face up. "Eww,"
She chuckled to herself and stood up, making sure to kiss her son on the cheek. "Night, sweetie."
"Goodnight Mommy."
Before she left, Ariadne made sure to get one last look at Thomas, his sleepy brown eyes and floppy dark hair.
The more she thought about it, the more she realised that their son was an exact replica of Prince Arthur.